well yes and no, we do now have a black president, but congress will never pass the outragious bills.
Well, I can't speak for all blacks (or in fact any) but I think that, before yesterday, a lot of them may have believed that they were at best a peripheral part of the country, that they weren't really part of the whole process, that a black person couldn't
really be elected president. I think that, after yesterday, a lot of them now believe that they are fully engaged in the process of running their country. It's a powerful thing, an emotional thing, IMO. I think that many people see this as the ultimate expression of the dream of Martin Luther King and those who marched for civil rights. A lot of us still living can remember those times. That's why all the spontaneous outpouring of emotion. I found it very interesting myself. As I said before, it wasn't a consideration for me but I think I fully understand those for whom it was. Everything
has changed.